Cryptic crossword 74 - Elementary

Across
1) Can foil aircraft power cables, for example (9)
4) Explosive planet in back end of museum (9)
9) Fairly plush city with whiff of Hades (7)
11) Copy cat born anew after losing tail (6)
12) Galvanise to write last character in chapter (4)
14) New new glow (4)
15) Family heirlooms e.g. long johns? (6)
18) Valley of the wafers (7)
20) Iran confused by U turns on missile fuel (7)
24) Small change in the law (6)
26) Roofing guide (4)
28) First for conductor (4)
29) Blue object, round, by a light (6)
32) Newspaper for weather forecast (7)
35) Poison scare in quake zone (7)
36) Small coin, cut by the Spanish (6)
38) Decrease in age (4)
39) Levitator - he likes to begin with a pause (6)
40) It makes light (8)
43) 10 die after introduction of new antispetic (6)
44) Bleach loch polluted by river in central Donegal (8)
49) Kind of light nut turned by gents in trouble (8)
51) Money in writing (3)
52) Foxy general catching his breath (6)
53) Shop around Persian capital with sun god and Venus (10)
54) Blonde, 51, in a plum outfit (8)

Down
1) Fire sonar operator (5)
2) Schema, plan (3)
3) Names e.g. Basil Bob Hope (5)
5) Some of lung or brain, ear (4)
6) Tastier in Morocco (7)
7) Cilia go for a spin in Troy (5)
8) Water pigment (4)
10) Back a person who's daft as a brush (5)
13) Wild dance beat (5)
16) 6th century theatre (3)
17) Pair up and shed a tear (3)
19) Not well illuminated, for a start (3)
21) Ring on right hand reveals character to be Greek (3)
22) Naked lady catches last pig in poke (5)
23) Low down on the farm (3)
25) Low-pitched hooter (3)
27) Gas, source of thrust for e.g. RAF, USAF (8)
29) See differently after being knocked on chin by exotic character (7)
30) Declare year not start of Christian Era (8)
31) Bloodsucker on mattress (4)
33) May be electric (3)
34) Material: porcelain without a ring (5)
35) Fix a sharp bit, by the sound of it (7)
37, 46) Lovely church (3)
41) Go home for poultry (3)
42) Depends on doors (6)
45) Possess, press and confess (3,2)
47) Number-one Roman (4)
48) Choice people understand at first (4)
50) Tastes rough (3)
51) It's another abbreviation (3)
52) Overhear eggs (3)

The words used can be found in standard references. The solution is available on request.

Chris Benn crb@ing.iac.es
24 Dec 2002

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